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FRANCE ELECTION

	Nicolas Sarkozy, new President of France: Past and Future Many expect Sarkozy’s presidency to bring a dramatic change not only in France’s domestic affairs, but also in the country’s foreign policy in the Middle-East.

Sarkozy, the "natural" candidate for French Jewish voters ?

Frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to attract a large percentage of the crucial Jewish vote on Sunday.

High turnout of French voters in Israel

The number of French in Israel who participated in the first round of the Presidential race was higher than expected.

French Holocaust survivor disowns Sarkozy's immigration plans

Simone Veil disowned presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy's idea of a ministry for immigration and national identity

More France Election:

	UNICEF called to reconsider decision to reject donations from Jewish philanthropist
	UNICEF called to reconsider decision to reject donations from Jewish philanthropist
	Dominique Strauss-Kahn potential Prime Minister if Socialist Royal wins election

Sarkozy: “My roots are in Salonika” The tough-talking Nicolas Sarkozy, who won the first round of French presidential election ahead of Socialist Ségolène Royal, casts himself as a moderniser and a man who wants to lead France into a 'clean break' with the past.		Cecilia Sarkozy: a French first lady of Jewish-Spanish ancestry Cecilia Sarkozy, whose husband Nicolas was elected Sunday as France's new president, is a fiercely independent former model and PR executive unlikely to fit easily into the discreet role of first lady.

Day in history

4 July 1976

The Entebbe Rescue

256 hostages from an Air France plane are held prisoners by Palestinian terrorists and Ugandan soldiers at Entebbe airport.

After 8 days they are rescued by Israeli commandos in a brilliant ruse under the command of Yonatan Netanyahu, brother of the current Israeli Prime Minister, who was shot in the back during the rescue.

Elsewhere in the media

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